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Steven Miller Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA), Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO Jeremy Solbrig, Mindy Surratt, Kim Richardson, Arunas Kuciauskas, Jeff Hawkins, Tom Lee and Richard Bankert Naval Research Laboratory, Monterey, CA December 9, 2011 VIIRS Imagery Examples
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VIIRS Imagery Examples. Steven Miller Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA), Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO Jeremy Solbrig, Mindy Surratt, Kim Richardson, Arunas Kuciauskas, Jeff Hawkins, Tom Lee and Richard Bankert Naval Research Laboratory, Monterey, CA - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Transcript of Steven Miller Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA),
Steven MillerCooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA),
Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO
Jeremy Solbrig, Mindy Surratt, Kim Richardson, Arunas Kuciauskas, Jeff Hawkins, Tom Lee and Richard Bankert
Naval Research Laboratory, Monterey, CA
December 9, 2011
VIIRS Imagery Examples
Tokyo
VIIRS: Zoom-In On Tokyo
NPP VIIRS True Color Examples
South Florida, Bahamas and Cuba
Great Lakes Region
NPP VIIRS True Color Examples
Northeastern USA
NPP VIIRS True Color Examples
New Orleans and Gulf of Mexico
NPP VIIRS True Color Examples
NPP VIIRS 11-24-11 1845Z
Aqua MODIS 11-24-11 1840Z
NOAA-19 AVHRR 11-24-11 2000Z
Edge of Scan Intercomparisons
NPP VIIRS True Color Examples
Aqua MODIS 11-24-11 1840Z
NOAA-19 AVHRR 11-24-11 2000Z
NPP VIIRS 11-24-11 1845Z
NOAA-19 AVHRR 11-24-11 2000Z
NPP VIIRS 11-24-11 1845Z
Southwest US and Baja California
NPP VIIRS True Color Examples
Note edge of scan resolution
degradation with MODIS imagery
Southwest US and Baja California
NPP VIIRS True Color Examples
Note edge of scan resolution
degradation with MODIS imagery
NPP VIIRS11-24-11 2028Z
NOAA-18 AVHRR11-24-11 2055Z
Southwest US and Baja California Zoom-In
NPP VIIRS True Color Examples
OrographicWave Clouds
Colorado11.24.2011 1845 Z, Near Edge of Scan 11.24.2011 2028 UTC, Near Nadir
VIIRS maintains similar spatial resolution quality at edge of 3000 km swath
NPP VIIRS True Color Examples
NPP VIIRS True Color Examples
Colorado
NPP VIIRS DNB Examples
City Lights
Los Angeles & San Diego Metropolitan Areas
Slight geolocation bias evident in coastal city light imagery. Correction is pending analysis
NPP VIIRS DNB Examples
Agriculture “hole” in Salinas (dark spot in right image)
Will populate two US domains/sectors shortly @
http://www.nrlmry.navy.mil/VIIRS.html
Near Real-Time Demo Domains
Will populate two US domains/sectors shortly:
NASA Blue Marble
Near Real-Time Demo Domains
Near Real-Time Demo Domains
NASA Blue Marble
Will populate two US domains/sectors shortly:
![CIRA-2012 Models of the Earth’s Upper AtmosphereMiddle Atmosphere [2] (not based on direct measurements) were published in 1990 [4]. CIRA-2012 is the fifth edition. It contains updated](https://static.fdocuments.us/doc/165x107/5fa26be4483cbe3c4406e7cd/cira-2012-models-of-the-earthas-upper-middle-atmosphere-2-not-based-on-direct.jpg)
